“No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Battling Killer Heat
By David McCallUSW International President The steel-plate floors “absorb heat and radiate it to no end,” says Keenan Bell, explaining why temperatures in parts of the Bridgestone tire plant in Des Mo... —
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At Home in the Union
Unions not only help workers break into the middle class but acquire an ownership stake in it. Union workers across the country are 13 percentage points more likely than non-union counterparts to own... —
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The Plot to Break Working People
The ultra-rich and their Republican cronies are plotting to break the middle class and create a permanent underclass of workers without economic or political power. The post The Plot to Break Working... —
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It’s A Great Life
It's important to remember, especially this Labor Day, that unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class. Unions enable these workers to leverage the power of solidarity and forge significa... —
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Gerrymandering Our Freedom Away
USW members played a pivotal role several years ago in ending out-of-control gerrymandering in Michigan. Instead of emulating that example, Texas Republicans are putting democracy at risk right now wi... —